BRANNER -- WINNIE WINKLE the breadwinner -- ORIGINAL SUNDAY COMICSTRIP ART 1943

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BRANNER -- WINNIE WINKLE the breadwinner -- ORIGINAL SUNDAY COMICSTRIP ART 1943 :
$395.00

Here is a RARE Martin Branner Sunday page WINNIE WINKLE the breadwinner, from the Bakshi collection for sale on . It is ink on heavy paper 23.5 x 30\", originally drawn in two pieces, total 11 panels plus 3 panels of LOOIE at the bottom, dated June 6, 1943. At this point, it is a rather shocking portrait of Denny Dimwit.
HISTORY:
Winnie Winkleis an Americancomic stripwhich appeared over a 76-year span (1920–96). The strip\'s premise was conceived byJoseph Medill Patterson,but the stories and artwork were byMartin Branner, who wrote the strip for over 40 years.The feature was created by Martin Branner, a former Vaudeville star who decided to go into cartooning after his World War I stint in the military. His first strip,Louie the Lawyer,started in 1919, but Branner stayed with it only about a year. His second,Pete & Pinto,disappeared after a mere 20 Sundays.But the third was the charm. Branner spent the rest of his career withWinnie Winkle.Itwas one of the first comic strips about working women.The main character Winnie was a young woman who had to support her parents and adopted brother, serving as a reflection of the changing role of women in society. It ran in more than 100 newspapers for several decades, and translations of the strip\'sSunday pageswere made available in Europe, focusing on her little brother Perry Winkle and his gang.
During its first years, thedailyWinnie Winkleevolved from simple gags to more complex humorous situations. A new character was introduced in the form ofPerry, a little boy from the backstreets, whom the Winkles adopted in 1922. The focus of the Sunday pages then shifted to the adventures of Perry at home, school and on the streets. Although compelled to wear aduffle coatand fancy clothes, he continued to frequent his old neighborhood. The local gang, theRinkydinks, in contrast, still wore torn and patchy clothing, and were regarded by Winnie as \"loafers.\" One member of the Rinkydinks was the dunce,Denny Dimwit, who popularized thecatch phrase, \"Youse is a good boy, Denny.\"
Other major plot elements were the 1937 marriage of Winnie to engineerWill Wrightand the disappearance of Will duringWorld War II, leaving a pregnant Winnie behind. This realistic and unfortunate situation was too risqué for some newspapers:The Baltimore Sundropped the strip early in 1941 because of the pregnancy of Winnie.The comic strip changed significantly over the years; with Winnie working in the fashion industry after the war, seemingly as a widow until her husband returned after a few decades. She took on various other jobs and endeavors over the years, including a stint in thePeace Corps.
Syracuse Universityhouses the Martin Branner Cartoons collection of 300 original daily cartoons fromWinnie Winkle(1920–1957). There is a complete week from each year represented, with additional random cartoons from each year. (There are no holdings for 1946–47.) The daily cartoons display traces of graphite, blue pencil,Zip-A-Tone, brush, pen and ink on illustration board measuring approximately 7 ¼ x 22 ½ inches.The Smithsonian\'s National Museum of American History has 28 volumes of Branner\'s proofs for the strip.